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Using an amazing new brain chip, a man who'd lost the ability to speak is now able to communicate his thoughts out loud using his own voice.

Prosthetics and Devices

Groundbreaking Brain Chip Allows Man With ALS to “Speak” Again

By Noor Al-Sibai

The "Ice Bucket Challenge" to fund ALS research was so effective, it resulted in the development of a new drug that was just approved by the FDA.

Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? It Ended Up Funding a New ALS Drug

By Noor Al-Sibai

For the first time ever, a fully paralyzed ALS patient has used a brain implant to communicate — and his pioneering requests were delightful.

Completely Paralyzed Patient Gets Brain Implant, Asks For Beer And Heavy Metal

By Noor Al-Sibai

A 34-year-old paralyzed man, who even lost the ability to move his eyes due to ALS disease, is able to communicate again through a brain implant.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Say Brain Implant Let Completely Paralyzed Man Communicate Again

By Victor Tangermann

Australian brain computer interface company Synchron allowed a 62-year-old man with ALS to turn his thoughts directly into tweets.

Prosthetics and Devices

Man With ALS Tweets Using Brain Implant That Translates Thoughts Into Text

By Victor Tangermann

A man with ALS built his own personal robot that could help him feed himself when he was no longer able to do so on his own.

Man With Neurodegenerative Disease Builds Robot to Feed Himself

By Dan Robitzski

A new clinical trial is recruiting patients to see if a drug that stops ALS-related neuron death can also help people with Alzheimer's Disease.

Neuroscience and Brain

New Drug Trial Could Halt Alzheimer’s Memory Loss

By Dan Robitzski

A New Gene Editing Technique Could Finally Allow Us to Treat ALS

A New Gene Editing Technique Could Finally Allow Us to Treat ALS

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Health & Medicine

The FDA Just Approved the First New Drug to Treat ALS in Two Decades

By Christianna Reedy

This Computer Interfaces With Your Brain to Decipher Your Thoughts

This Computer Interfaces With Your Brain to Decipher Your Thoughts

Reprogramming Stem Cells Could Soon Lead Us to a World Without Paralysis

Science & Energy

Reprogramming Stem Cells Could Soon Lead Us to a World Without Paralysis

By Jess Vilvestre

Experimental Brain Implant Lets A Paralyzed Woman Communicate

Experimental Brain Implant Lets A Paralyzed Woman Communicate

By Jess Vilvestre

Ice Bucket Challenge Has Led to a Major ALS Breakthrough

Science & Energy

Ice Bucket Challenge Has Led to a Major ALS Breakthrough

By Patrick Caughill

Know Your Scientist: Stephen Hawking

Science & Energy

Know Your Scientist: Stephen Hawking

By Darwin Batinga

Researchers Develop Therapy to Halt Progression of ALS in Mice

Science & Energy

Researchers Develop Therapy to Halt Progression of ALS in Mice

By Miguel Santos